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From: Dan Jones <dmjones@ix.netcom.com>
To: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
Cc: Linux-SCSI <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Seagate Cheetah: Firmware, Bugs, Compatibility?
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 14:23:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E175EF9.CC23D03D@ix.netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0301041021180.3657-100000@uplift.swm.pp.se

Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Cress, Andrew R wrote:
> 
> It's not clear from the docs if it's a good idea to flash the drives when
> the system is up and running normally, any comments on that?
> 

Yes, never flash a drive that is not idle. A real-time update to running
code 
is not trivial and drive vendors don't support it.

-- 
Dan Jones           "'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill
                     Appear in writing or in judging ill;
                     But of the two, less dangerous is th' offence 
                     To tire our patience, than mislead our sense." Pope

  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-04 22:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-03 13:54 Seagate Cheetah: Firmware, Bugs, Compatibility? Cress, Andrew R
2003-01-04  5:57 ` Shanker Balan
2003-01-04  9:26 ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2003-01-04 22:23   ` Dan Jones [this message]
2003-01-06 10:30     ` Mikael Abrahamsson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-01-06 15:51 Cress, Andrew R
2003-01-07 22:10 ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2003-01-08  8:15   ` Shanker Balan
2003-01-16  5:32     ` Shanker Balan
2003-01-03  7:02 Shanker Balan

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